Street-car.



STREET GAR. i APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2s, 1909.

.A Patented Aug. 24. 1909.

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c. o. BIRNEY. STREET GARA., APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 28, 1909.

Patented, Aug. 24, 1909,

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UNITED STATES YPALISTTT OFFICE.

cuantas o. BmNEY, or si'. Leurs, 'mssoonr STREET-CAR;

931,724, Specification oi Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 24, 1909,

I Application led January 28, 1909. Serial No. 474,684.

the step side of the platform; Fig. is an To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownv that l, CHARLES O. BIRNEY, enlarged vertical section takenon the line a citizen of the United States,and resident 5-5 of Fig. 3;and Fig. (3 is a vertical secof St. Louis, Missouri, have inventedcerta-in tion taken through the center of the post or 60 5 ,new anduseful Improvements in Streetstanehion located on the car platform andCars, of which the following is a specificashowing means operatingthrough said post tion, containing a full, clear, and exact deforactuating the fare register. scription, reference being had to theaccom- Referring by numerals to the accompanypanying drawings, forming apart hereof. ing drawings, 1 desionates the car body; 2 65 vMy inventionrelates generally tostreetI the platform thereof-3 3 the door opening,

cars and more particularly to the construcwhich in the presentarrangement is shown' tion and arrangement of the car platform in thecenter of the car end; 4 the step at the aand entrance, my object beingto construct a side of the platform and-5 a vertically discarandplatform embodying what is known posedpost which extends from thecenter 70 l as thepay on platform principle, whereby all of the step tothe hood over vthe car platofthe passengers entering the car pass theform; 6 designates a post or stanchion, which A conductor stationed onthe platform adj ais preferably in theform of a tube the lower cent thecar door and there being a swinging end of which is fixed in a socket 7which is ate or, barrier operated by the conductor positioned on the carplatform in front of '75V or controlling the entrance and exit pasthedoor opening 3, and the upper end of sa'geways leading to and from saiddoor, said post or stanchion is fixed in a socket 8, which arrangementprevents crowding and carried by the underside of the hood. consequentconfusion of the in-coming and Fixed on the post or stanchion 6, isaseries out-going passengers at the car door and of collars 9, which areprovided with lu s 8o upon the Vcar platform. i 10, which latter areprovided with vertical. y

A further object of my invention is to disposed apertures which serve asbearings provide simple means whereby the ate or for the arms of thegate or barrier. This barrier may be locked to the car plat orm at gateor barrier is-preferably constructed of various points in its. traveland said gate or tubular material, such as ordinary gas pipe, :35

barrier being readily detachable from a supand comprises a pair ofhorizontally disport post or stanchion on the car platform, posed rails11, the rear endsof which are thus permitting said gate `or barrier tobe' provided with blocks 12, and formed intereadily transferred from oneend of the car gral withl said blocks are pins 13 which ento another,gagein the bearings formed in the lower 90 My present invention is animprovement pair of lugs 10.

upon the subject matter shownl and de- The outer or forward ends of therails 11 scribed in an application for Letters Patent are connected inany suitable manner to a `tiled by yme April 2, 1908, Serial Numbervertically disposed rail 14, the upper portion 424,851. of which iscurved rearward as designated 95 40 To the above purposes my inventionconby 15, and the rear end of said portion bein sists in certain novelfeatures of construe-v provided witha block 16 carrying a pin 1% tionand arrangement of parts which will which operates in the upper one ofthe bearberhereinafte'r more fully set forth, pointed ing lugs 10. Thusthe gate is detachably out in the claims and illustrated in theacconnected to and is arranged to swing u onloo companying drawings, inwhich* the post or stanchion (3, and the front en( of Figure 1 is aperspective view illustrating said gate or barrier, comprising thevertia portion of a car and car platform and cally disposed rail 14, isadapted to swing showing my improved gate or barrier in pofrom one sideof the door opening'B to the Isition on said platform; Fig. 2 is ahorizonother, so as to control the inlet and outlet 105 r0 tal sectiontaken approximately on the line passage-ways leading to and from saiddoor 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged side opening. l elevation ofthe gate or barrier with parts A vertically disposed tube18 is connectedshown in section; Fig. 4 is an elevation iu any suitable manner to thecent-ral por vpartly in section of a' rail which is detachtions of therail 11, the lower l end of which 110 ablyvarranged between the post orstanchion tube 18 cccupesa plane-just abovethe top v on the car platformand a post arranged on of the platform-2, andyaggangedto. .invev throughsaid tube 18 is a rod 19, the lower end of which is adapted to enter anyone of a series of apertures 2O formed through a segmental vplate 21,which is fixed tothe l5 rwliicli extends between the posts 5 and (i andthe ends of said rail are detachably con nected to said posts. T he endof this rail 25, in'nnediately adjacent the post (l, is bent rearward asdesignated by 2G to form a compartment or space to be occupied by theconductor of the ear.

When a car of my improved construction is in use, the conductor occupiesa' position just inside the bent portion 2G of the rail 25 and byengaging the handle 24- and lift`l ing the rod 19, so as to disengagethe lower end thereof from the plate 21, which permits the gate orvbarrier to be swung in either direction to control the entrance and exitpassage-Waysl rlhe passengers entering' the ear pass to the rear of therail 25 and after lpaying Afare to the conductor, said passed gers passaround the post or stanchion 6, and as the gate or barrier is swung tothe righthand side of the door opening by the conductor, said passengersare'i'ree to enterthe car through said door opening. When a passengerdesires to leave the car, the cond uctoi wings the gate or barrier tothe lefthand of the door opening and said pasis free to pasv x`hroughthe exit passage-'way between 'the and the rail 25. l

The gate or barrier is always nuclei' the control of 'the conduct-or andby manipulating the rod 19, said gate or barrier can be locked atvarious points throughout its ravel, thus positively controlling thewidth of the entrance and exit passage-ways leading 'to and from thedoor opening. (See Fig. '2).

ln some instances it may be found desirable to arrange the post orstanchion 6 inA bearings so that it will rotate, and where sucharrangement is carried out the gate can be rigidly n'xed to said post orstanchion.

lf desired, the entire gate or barrier and the rail 25 may be readilydetached-from the post or stanchion t5 ano post 5 and positioned on theopposite end of the car, or upon the platform of another ear.

When it is desired to hold the rod 19 ele' vated to permit the gate toswing freely' in both directions, the handle 2&1 is shifted into thelaterally projecting end 23 of the slot 22.

end of the car bodyv In some instances it may-be found advantageous toarrange a foot lever at the lower end of the post or stanchion 6 and toextend a rod through' said post or stanchion and connecting the upperend thereof vto a bell crank fulcrumed beneath the car hood for thepurpose of operating a fare register.

To facilitate the unloading of the passengers from the car, forinstance, `at the end of the line, or at a point where all of thepassengers leave the car, the rail 25 is detached from the posts 5 and6, and the gate or barrier is swung toits limit of movement to theleft-hand side of the thus providing an extra wide exit passageway forthe passengers leaving the car. n

My improved gate orbarrier is very simple, can be easily applied to, orremoved from, a car, can be loc red at various points throughout itsmovement, and is easily swung from one side of thedoor opening 'to theother to control the entrance and exit passage-ways leading to and fromsaid doorway.

I claim:

1. The combination with a street car of a post arranged on the carplatform in front of the door opening, and a barrier carried by thestanchion, the free side of which barrier is adapted toswing from oneside of the car door opening tothe other and means whereby said barrierislocked to the car platform at various points in its travel.

2. The combination with a street car of a post arrang c` on the carplatform in front of the door pening, and a barrier carried by 4thestanchion, the free side of which barrier is adapted to swing from oneside of the car door opening to the other and means carried by saidbarrier whereby the saine is locked to the car platform at variouspoints in its travel. l f 3. The combination with a street earof a postarranged on the car platform in front of the door opening in the end ofthe ear body, a barrier detachably arranged on the post, the free sideof which barrier swings from one side ofthe car door opening to theother, a. post on the step side of the car platform and a i'ailextending from one post to the other and the ends of which rail aredetachably connected to said post.

. 4. An attachment for street cars comprisfing a support adapted to bepositioned on the car platform in front of the door opening in the endof the car, aV barrier carried by said-support the free side of Which.barrier swings from one side of the ear. door opening to the other andmeans whereby said barrier is locked to the car latform at dif ferentpoints to vary the widthof the door opening. I p

5. The combination with a street car provided with a wide door openingin one end of a post arranged on the car platform, a

door opening,

'Jarrier detachably arranged on the post and adapted to be swung fromone side of the opening to the otherto control the ene i and exitpassage-ways leading to and ro i kthe 'oar door, and means wherebysaidhan' r is locked to the car platform.

ie combination with a street car prowith a wide door opening in one endst arranged on the car platform in seid opening, abarrier detachably onthe post and adapted to be ...rem one side of said opening to the tocontrol the-entrance and exit asyes lending to and from the car dbor ilooking means carried by the barrier for ing the car platform.

.ifhe combination with a street car pro- 'ith a wide door opening in oneend post arranged on the car platform, a tier detachably arranged on thepost and @ted to he swung from one side of said opening to the other tocontrol theentrance .end exit passage ways leading to and from the cardoor, Ineens whereby said barrier is locke-:il the car platform, and arail extending from the post to the step side of the car platform.

8. The combination with n street car provided with a wide door openingin one end of a post arranged on the car platform, a barrier detachablyarranged on the post and adapted to be swung from one side of saidopening to the other to control the entrance and exit passa e-waysleading to and from the car door, ocl'ing means carried by the barrierfor engaging the car platform, and a rail extending from the post to thestep side of the car platform.

9; The combination with a street car of a post arranged on the carplatform, bearings carried by said post, a swinging barrier, there beingpivotal connections between one side of said barrier and the bearings onthe post, means carried by the barrier whereby the 'same is locked tothe car plat-form, anda rail detachably connected to the post andextending to the open side of the car platform.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES O. BIRNEY.

Witnesses:

M. P. SMITH, AE. L. WALLACE.

